Applying Even-Swap Method to Structurally Enhance the Process of Intuition Decision-Making

The purpose of this study is to employ a rational decision-making method to structurally and systematically enhance the process of intuitive decision-making. This study employed the Even-Swap method as a rational decision-making method. Eleven nurses who intended to quit their jobs because of their experience with the care of SARS patients were selected as a control group. Then Even-Swap method was employed with the same 11 nurses for making resignation decisions as experimental group. This study found that 10 of the subjects who employed both methods to evaluate the same scheme reached different decision conclusions from their original ones, while the other subject reached the same decision conclusion. The Even-Swap method proved to be more comprehensive when used in conjunction with intuitive decision-making. In addition, this method can assist clear presentation of intuitive decision-making process by its structural and systematic process.